LAHORE: Trials to select final squad for the 17th Asian Games hockey event will be held at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium in Islamabad on Wednesday.

The national selection committee headed by Islahuddin Siddiqui alongside members Arshad Ali Chaudhry, Ayaz Mahmood, Khalid Bashir and Musaddiq Hussain will observe the performance of the probables, who are already attending a training camp at the same venue.

The Asian Games are being held in Incheon, South Korea in September.

It will be the first international competition Pakistan team will appear in under the new PHF set-up headed by Akhtar Rasool.

Published in Dawn, Aug 12th, 2014

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